Meade Instruments 20 MAX-ACF - Manual (Page 6)

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Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the
Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
Right Ascension Housing Assembly
The RA Housing mates to the Pedestal easily,
sliding firmly into a dovetail block that measures
over 100 square inches. When locked in place,
this broad footprint assures that your mount will
operate as a single rigid block delivering accu-
rate and repeatable pointing and tracking per-
formance. The RA Housing contains Meade's
patented Autostar II telescope control system, a
massive 13.625" pitch diameter worm gear
attached to a 3.84” diameter 6061-T6511 alu-
minum alloy main shaft supported by one 6020
Ball bearing (5.9055 OD x 3.9370 ID x 0.9449
wide) & one 6013 ball bearing (3.9370 OD x
2.5591 ID x 0.7090 wide) .
THE RA
ASSEMBLY
Declination
Lock
Knobs
Declination
Safety
Lock
Declination
Female
Dovetail
(not visible, on bottom side)
DB-25 connector
RA Male Dovetail
Control Panel
(see page 10)
Low Latitude
Counterweight plug